Bliss

Canadians may consume beer and maple syrup by the gallon, but it appears we've also got a hearty appetite for wine.

If I could fly away, I would catch a direct flight to Washington D.C. and spend a couple of weeks seeing all the sights and visiting the memorials.

This article is about a lobster and bamboo. And yes, it is a children's story in that it is about two very style-forward brands producing products for children.

It's not climate change but spring which has arrived early at the mountain tops. With little wind to stir things up, cold air has become lodged in the Okanagan Valley with warm air aloft. That has serious implications for downhillers and cross-country skiers. Snowshoers just keep crunching away.

I admit it. I have a weakness for bright, shiny, new things. Like most girls, I love patent leather shoes, big sparkly diamond rings, crystal chandeliers, rhinestone embellishments and all that glitters.

Dear Dr. Kaplan: Johnny is my year-old cat that I got from a rescue organization a few months ago. He developed a bad cough three weeks ago. The veterinarian placed him on antibiotics which helped very little. Chest radiographs showed a severe pneumonia and I was not sure he was going to survive. The veterinarian placed him under anesthetic and obtained some fluid from his lungs which was sent to a pathology laboratory. The diagnosis was lungworm. He was treated with medication and the cough has resolved almost completely. How common is lungworm in cats and how could he have gotten them?